Design By Dorothy Draper

Bold, Brash Style From The Early 20th Century

Interior decorator Dorothy Draper, who was en vogue in the first half of the 20th century, has come back to the forefront of style. A retrospective at the Museum of the City of New York called "The High Style of Dorothy Draper" celebrates her contributions to design. Here is an example of her work at the Victorian writing room in the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

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Bold, Brash Style From The Early 20th Century

This photograph, taken at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco in the mid-1940s, shows off Draper's ornate style.

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Bold, Brash Style From The Early 20th Century

Draper, who stood 6 feet tall, decorated the Camellia House in the Drake Hotel in Chicago. The photo was also taken in the mid-1940s.

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Bold, Brash Style From The Early 20th Century

Draper oversaw every aspect of the Hampshire House in New York, including this corridor.

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Bold, Brash Style From The Early 20th Century

One of Draper's most famous designs is the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis, Brazil. This is a photograph of the hotel's nightclub.

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Bold, Brash Style From The Early 20th Century

The Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco shows how far Draper's influence stretched across the country. This photo was taken in the 1940s.